Smart factory addresses the vertical integration of physical entities and information systems.
Network and cloud are two essential infrastructures to achieve this goal. Among them, the …

The next generations of industrial control systems will require high-performance wireless
networks (named WirelessHP) able to provide extremely low latency, ultrahigh reliability …

Synchronization between devices (in particular drive systems) is paramount for multi-axis
motion control systems used in Computerized Numerical Control (CNC) machines, robots …

In computerized numerical control (CNC) systems, the communication bus between the
controller and axis servo drives must offer high bandwidth, noise immunity, and time …

Setting up real-time hardware communication for applications such as precise motion
control can be time consuming and confusing. Therefore, this tutorial introduces the …

Fuzzing (Fuzz testing) can effectively identify security vulnerabilities in software by providing
a large amount of unexpected input to the target program. An important part of fuzzing test is …

Boosted by trends such as Industrial IoT and Industry 4.0, industrial Ethernet networks
(EtherNet/IP, EtherCAT and PROFINET IRT as top-3 players) have been commonly …

Industrial control systems in the era of Industry 4.0 present significant challenges from a
communication perspective, that is, low latency, ultrahigh reliability, and accurate …

The complexity of automobile powertrains continues to rise, leading to increased
development time and effort. Synchronous testing with spatially distributed test benches …

The aim of this letter is to improve the performance of clock synchronization in EtherCAT
networks. Although EtherCAT synchronizes the slave clocks to the reference clock using a …